WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Aug. 5, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * Employment in Myrtle Beach area up 5.2 percent over the year ended June 2025 Nonfarm payroll employment increased from June 2024 to June 2025 in 30 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 357 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment occurred in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Caro more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Alabama -- Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Alabama were 98,242, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 92,388, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stati more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Minnesota Housing Organizations Celebrate Smith's Bipartisan Rural Housing, Homelessness Bills Advancing in U.S. Senate * ST. PAUL, MN - Minnesota housing organizations from across the state are celebrating legislation by U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), top Democrat on the Senate Housing Subcommittee, advancing to the Senate floor. Smith's bills were included in the first comprehensive, nationa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McCollum to Host Listening Session: Impacts of Defunding Public Media and International Aid on Minnesotans * SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Congresswoman Betty McCollum will host a listening session on Thursday, August 7 at 11:00 AM CT to hear from Minnesota nonprofit leaders and public media providers about how they are being impacted by cuts to federal funding. During a late-night vote on July 17, more PR